Dad’s lil’ girl forgot her smile and lost her eyes twinkle,Her lustrous locks cloistered, her lucent visage wrinkled,The hapless soul missed ever her knight-in-shining-armour,Her melodies were lost amidst cacophony and clamour. Her cursed castle was filled again with dry and tawdry hay.Her tears began to drip daily, in the river of dismay,Tip-tap-tip…those dewdrops played a […]
Never Say Die, Neither Goodbye, IndiBlogger!
Sometimes you need to look back to know how far you have come… Down the memory lane…in September 2014…I picked up my pen again after years to shape my daughter’s amorphous blogging journey and actually picked and gathered my scattered pieces. The first term I learnt about this blogosphere was none other than Indiblogger. And […]
Main Tujhe Fir Milungi…
टूटे सपने मेरे, तेरे नभ में झिलमिलते हैं,गीतों में ना मिल सकें, चलो किस्सों में मिलते हैं … “If we couldn’t create the verses of yearnings, let’s begin the tales to be told to generations after…..the stories to be remembered forever”……I had written this Hindi couplet sometime ago while writing about the ‘NAVRASAs’ of poetry. […]
Rapt…
When the city lights feignedthe glimmer of the moon…Birds flapped their wings to retreat, willing to be caged soon. Stars fetched my awe with their liquid beam ropesAnd, I draped the darkly sky, tinged with scarlet hopes, The night effused a savoir faire,On, I traversed your aisles of glare on and on…along my tears and sigh, …I was […]
Timezone, an Australian Chain Entertainment Hub, now in Noida
The hub of epic games and never-ending entertainment is here to thrill you in your city! ? Dear Symphonites, here’s the most exciting news of the season ready to knock your doors with a full bang! The one and only family entertainment center have taken over “The Gaming Vegas”. Timezone, an Australian chain, is now […]
Trend report straight from India Runway Week- Summer Edition 2019
We, at The Style Symphony, witnessed some very refreshing collections at India Runway Week Season 11 which was recently concluded at DLF Place Saket, New Delhi from 29th-31st March. It was our pleasure to have received the opportunity to cover the gala show with a pleathora of creative designers on board, that too, on all […]
Cantabil at India Runway Week 2019 (IRW), Season 11.
Cantabil presents its refreshing spring summer’19 collection at India runway week. The retail house spruced up the stage with its youthful and blooming ready to wear collection with its fresh palette. The collection unravelled the summer 19 fashion trend with its color range of roman pink, aqua blue, algae greens, coral red, mustard, cobalt blue […]
Pain: Haiku, Senryu
Rustling fallen leavesAutumn whispers dulcet songs I simper in pain! The beauty of Autumn lies in its reciting the forlorn tales of the END… The symphony of rustling leaves tells the world how beautifully dreams could be crushed! Unshed tears sing the songs of Autumn leaves, impeded to break the levees of eyelids. The drops of […]
Saurabh & Shena at India Runway Week (IRW), Season 11
Saurabh & Shena showcased “Dil-e-Guldasta” a collection presenting finest zardozi, pearls, rhinestones & colorful resham threads at India Runway Week. New Delhi, March 31, 2019: Saurabh & Shena… The Couture presented their “Dil-e-Guldasta” collection at the 11th season of India Runway Week held at The DLF Place Saket, New Delhi. One of the largest fashion […]
Versus by Versace at India Runway Week, Season 11 (IRW): Ft. Maitreni Mishra
VERSUS owned by the house of VERSACE, has the most youthful and cutting edge collection of timepieces for rebellious spirits who love iconic fashion accessories. We, at The Style Symphony, are glad to have got a chance to be associated with Versus at the India Runway Week 2019, Season 11. I could hands-on such bold […]
Rang to tere hain Kanha…
नैनों की सजाई पाती कोरी अश्रु मोतियों संग झीनी चूनर थी, रंग डाली तन फिर भी बेरंग | निष्पाप गुलाबी काया मेरी जल भई रंग जैतूनी, भर-भर कर जल बरसे फिर भी मेरी अँखियाँ सूनी | मुरली की धुन, धुनकी रूई पट गयी चहुँ दिशाएं पीताम्बर से दिवस उजागर मोरपंखी हैं निशायें | जो सुर […]
Naam Mera Jal Ki Dhara…
I am no achiever. I don’t fit in the paradigm of thriving, buoyant women achievers we all are proud of. I too, am proud of them though not one. But, I surely am made of the substance. Though faint of heart, I’m headstrong. I am your woman next door. A simple one who thinks a […]
Manikarnika: ShivShakti
Prologue: Manikarnika, the woman who adorns Ruby (Manikya) earrings! It is believed that Adishakti (Sati) used to wear ruby earring as they were Lord Shiva’s favorite for their brilliance, opulence, luster, rich hue and hidden fire. Every woman is a reincarnation of Shakti in herself. She encapsulates vivid persona which endows her with a power […]
Bruised: Haiku, Senryu
Trespasser west wind, Drifted all my pollen grains I am blued and bruised ! He plunged into her heart and plundered her choicest possession, her emotions…. The arid west wind shook her and swept her invigorating pollen dust off her pistil. The brutish bumblebee quaffed her nectar and left her with painful sting marks. Yet […]
Love, The Oxblood…
When the town was painted in red…I readily graced a thorn festooned bedPassions rose but wishes died Dreams thrashed and heart cried The clouds wept with umpteen tears Sea waves shivered with my fears. I looked back at forgotten aisles Where winds freeze, mountains collideThe rains fell as the burning flames Blood stained love was […]
हमेशा देर कर देती हूँ मैं…Nazm
Fainéant… a person, who thinks much but does nothing, as French say. Well, I would have loved to be one if allowed a life extraordinaire. I often pretend to become a fainéant when essay for perfection. The reason for I’ve always been blamed for being too lazy and tardy is my yearning for minute details, […]
Music Draped Me, Yet I Was Revealed In Its Folds…
…and I sang a song after years, co’z #Life told me to embrace music…again… And I sang again. I did what I was born for, named for and lived for. Sangeeta was made of music, for music and by music. But the name lost its meaning the day I abandoned it. So, I tried hard to […]
Come Winters, I’m Cashmere-ready
“When the Sun shivered, played clef treble, She draped her Cashmere…She reminisced of those wintry nightswhen quivering moon was there… When memories painted her, she blushed, she bloomed as a Marigold,She hid him with his whips and whims, in her shroud’s secret folds.” Cashmere…to me its sheer poetry told on looms, a shawl or a drape which is […]
Come back Santa Claus…
He met with me in June, became my destiny in November and left me in December…forever… Ours was a fleeting love-affair but it’s perennial. My love for him is boundless, ultimate. He is the man whom I loved and will love till my last breath. He, who was the exemplar of all the goodness and […]
How Mobile Apps Keep Us Paying
If you own a smartphone, chances are you’re in possession of well over a dozen apps to go with it. According to some survey numbers from earlier this year, the average smartphone user opens almost 40 apps per month and spends about three hours a day in apps. That means, in theory, that the average […]